Glad to hear you had a fantastic time, mo chara - I suffer in the heat and humidity in my area during summer. Oddly enough, I am much more comfortable in the desert when the temps are even higher.
Poor Gollum...he's in more trouble than ever, since he escaped from the dungeons of Thranduil .
Around here, Hornbeam is known as 'Ironwood'; 'tis well-named.